Directory
of Rural Organizations
This page
links to organizations that deal with multiple rural issues,
rural issues in general, or issues that do not have a separate
page in the Reporting Resources directory.
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NATIONAL
Aspen Institute,
http://www.aspeninstitute.org
202-736-5848 Janet Topolsky jt@aspeninst.org
1 Dupont Circle NW, Suite 700, Washington DC 20036
Brownfield Network,
http://www.brownfieldnetwork.com
317-248-2453 Gary Truitt gtruitt@learfield.com
6836 Caro Drive, Indianapolis IN 46214
Brushy Fork Institute,
http://www.berea.edu/brushyforkinstitute
859-985-3858 fax 3903 Peter Hille hillep@berea.edu
CPO2164 Berea KY 40404 Donna Morgan morgand@berea.edu
The Building
Community Institute, http://www.cliftontaulbert.com/index2.htm
918-584-0414 president Clifton Taulbert 717 S. Houston Ave #508
Tulsa OK 74127
Federal Reserve
Bank of Kansas City's Regional, Public and Community
Affairs Division, incorporating the former Center for the Study
of Rural America; publishes The Main Street Economist
http://www.kc.frb.org/RuralCenter/RuralMain.htm
816-881-2697
Center for Rural
Strategies, http://www.ruralstrategies.org/default.html
606-632-3244 Dee Davis, president dee@ruralstrategies.org
46 E. Main,Whitesburg KY 41858
Coalition for
Rural America, http://www.8055.org
916-254-7621
Michelle Basso Reynolds
5101 San Francisco Blvd., Sacramento CA 95820 mreyn@surewest.net
The Conservation
Fund, http://www.conservationfund.org
304-876-2815 Marten Jenkins m.jenkins@freshwaterinstitute.org
1098 Turner Rd., Shepherdstown WV 25443
League of Rural
Voters, http://www.leagueofruralvoters.org
612-270-0276 fax 612-823-5029 Niel Ritchie nritchie@tcq.net
Box 80259, Minneapolis MN 55408
Local Initiatives
Support Corp., http://www.lisc.org
New York 212-455-9800 or Washington 202-739-9275 Sandra Rosenblith
srosenblith@lisc.org
National Association
of Counties, http://www.naco.org
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association,
http://www.nreca.org
Zan McElway,
communications director 703-907-5719
National Rural
Funders Collaborative, http://www.nrfc.org
202-744-3511 Allison Van allison@nrfc.org
400 N. Capitol St. NW #390, DC 20001
Rural Community
Assistance Corp., www.rcac.org
916-447-2854 fax 916-447-2878 rcacmail@rcac.org
3120 Freeboard Dr. #201, West Sacramento CA 95691
Rural Development
Initiatives Inc., www.rdiinc.org
Kathy Jaworski , executive director jaworski@rdiinc.org
941 Lawrence St., Eugene OR 97401 541-684-9077
Rural Policy
Research Institute, http://www.rupri.org
573-882-0316 Chuck Fluharty cfluharty@rupri.org
214 Middlebush, Columbia MO 65211
Rural Sociological
Society, http://ruralsociology.org
W. K. Kellogg
Foundation, www.wkkf.org
1 Michigan Ave. East, Battle Creek MI 49017 269-968-1611 Anne
Petersen, senior vice president for programs 269-968-2278 acp@wkkf.org
REGIONAL
Appalachian Regional
Commission, http://www.arc.gov/index.do
202-884-7660 fax 7693
Appalachian Sustainable
Development, http://www.appsusdev.org
289-A W. Main St., Abingdon VA 24210
Anthony Flaccavento, executive director 276-623-1121 asd@eva.org
Appalshop media
and arts cooperative, Whitesburg, Ky. http://www.appalshop.org
Campaign to Protect
Rural New England, http://www.cpre.org.uk
Carsey Institute
at the University of
New Hampshire http://www.carseyinstitute.unh.edu/
603-862-2821 Cynthia Mildred Duncan mil.duncan@unh.edu
Hewitt Hall, Durham 03824
Central Appalachian
Network, http://www.cannetwork.org/index.php?flash=true
740-593-4385 Pat Dewees dewees@ilgard.ohiou.edu
Bldg. 20,Ohio U., Athens OH 45701 Voinovich
Center 740-597-2507 Robin Stewart neuhart@ilgard@ohiou.edu
Rachael Hoy rhoy@ilgard.ohiou.edu
Building 21, The Ridges, Ohio University, Athens OH 45701)
Christian Appalachian
Project, http://www.chrisapp.org
Federation of
Southern Cooperatives, http://www.federationsoutherncoop.com/
404-765-0991 Ralph Paige rpaige@mindspring.com
2769 Church St., East Point GA 30344
Handmade in America,
arts and crafts organization http://www.handmadeinamerica.org
828-252-0121 Rebecca Anderson, president 111 Central Ave., Asheville
NC 28802 beckyanderson@handmadeinamerica.org
Heartland Center
for Leadership Development, http://www.heartlandcenter.info/
402-474-7667 Milan Wall mwall@heartlandcenter.info
941 O St., #920, Lincoln NE 68508
Heartland Institute,
libertarian think tank based in Chicago http://www.heartland.org
Northern Great
Plains Inc. www.ngplains.org
Don Bottemiller dbottemiller@homecrest.com
403 Second St. NW, Wadena
MN 56482 218-631-5347
Southern Good
Faith Fund, http://www.goodfaithfund.org
870-535-6233 Angela Duran aduran@goodfaithfund.org
2304 W 29th, Pine Bluff AR 71603
Southern Rural
Development Initiative, http://www.srdi.org
919-829-5900, extension 203 Debby Warren, executive director
dwarren@srdi.org SRDI
says it “works to build just and sustainable communities
in places challenged by poverty and racism.”
STATE
Alabama Giving
& Joseph S. Bruno Charitable Foundation, 115 Office
Park Dr., Bimingham 3522 www.alabamagiving.org
205-879-0799 Jera Stribling jstribling@jsbcf.org
(Arkansas) Winthrop
Rockefeller Foundation, http://www.wrockefellerfoundation.org
501-918-4055 Sybil Hampton shampton@wrfoundation.org
308 E 8th, Little Rock 72202
Foundation
for Appalachian Ohio, http://www.appalachianohio.org
740-753-1111 fax 3333 Leslie Lilly, president llilly@ffao.org
36 Public Square, Nelsonville OH 45764
(Maine)
Coastal Enterprises, a Community Development Corporation
www.ceimaine.org
207-882-7552 Ronald
Phillips rlp@ceimaine.org Box 268, Wiscasset ME 04578
(Minnesota)
Center for Small Towns, a data and analysis research
outfit at the University of Minnesota www.centerforsmalltowns.org
(320) 589-6451 benw@morris.umn.edu
600 East 4th Street, Morris, MN 56267
Minnesota Rural
Partners, www.minnesotaruralpartners.org
651-645-9403 Jane Leonard jleonard@minnesotaruralpartners.org
1533 Grantham St., St. Paul MN 55108
(Ohio) Rural
Action, http://www.ruralaction.org
740-767-4938 Jane Forrest Redfern jane@ruralaction.org
(Texas)
Llano Grande Center, http://www.llanogrande.org
Box 340 Edcouch TX 78538 956-381-2945 Francisco Guajardo chairman
f_guajardo@yahoo.com
Western (Maine) Mountains Alliance, www.westernmountainsalliance.org
207-778-7274 Deborah Burd dmburd@maine.edu
Wisconsin
Rural Partners, http://www.wirural.org
608-850-4411 Kelly Haverkampf wirural@tds.net
110 Baket St., Suite D, Waunakee WI 53597
OTHER NATIONS
Commonwealth Journalists
Association, www.cjaweb.com,
for working journalists in the 54 countries of the
(British) Commonwealth, with headquarters in Trinidad.
Swaziland Institute
of Mass Communications, http://www.simacom.org
Pakistan Press Foundation, www.pakistanpressfoundation.org
Rural Media Network
of Pakistan: http://online-rmnp.tripod.com
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